Improvement in fences



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

WILLIAM NEELY, OF SANDY, OHIO.

IM PROVEM ENT IN FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,366, dated August21, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM NEELY, of Sandy, Columbiana county, State ofOhio, have invented a new and Improved Fence; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of myimproved felice. Fig. 2 is a top View of the same, partly in section,through the line :n fr, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invent-ion has for its object to furnish an improved fence, cheap,substantial, and durable, and which can be put up easily and quickly;and it consists of an improved fence formed by the combination of theiron posts, constructed as hereinafter described, with the rails.

A are the posts, which in their cross-section are of triangular form, asshown in Fig. 2. The upper and lower ends of the posts are flanged ontheir inner sides, so as, in an end view, to have the'form of anisosceles triangle, as shown in Fig. 2. The lower end ofthe posts restsupon the surface of the ground, and the fence is supportedin an erectposition by the binding of the rails B, in the manner hereinafterdescribed.

In situations where the fence will be much exposed to the wind it maybefurther strengthcned by stakes O, driven into the ground through holesformed in the flange made at the lower end of the posts A for thatpurpose, as shown in the drawings.

The ends of the rails B are-inserted in mortises in the inclined sidesof the posts A, as shown in Fig. l. These Inortises are made longer thanthe width of the rails B, and their upper parts are wider than theirlower parts, so that the rails B may be easily inserted in the upperparts of said Inortises, and when driven down will be held securely inplace by being wedged fast in said mortises. The side edges of theinortises are also beveled, so that they may take a firmer hold upon thesides of the rails B when said rails are driven down to their places.

The lower edges of the upper or top rails, B, are notched where theycome in contact with the posts at the lower ends of the mortises, andthese rails are further secured in place by Wedges b', driven betweenthe upper edges of the said top rails and the upper ends of themort-ises, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

In very windy situations the lee side of the fence may be supported orstrengthened by inclined braces; butin ordinary situa-tions this is notnecessary. l

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- An. improvedfence fornied by the combination ofthe iron posts A, constructed, asherein described, with the rails B, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

The above speciiicat-ion ot' my invention signed by me.

WM. NEELY.

Witnesses:

J osHUA LEE, S. A. T. LEE.

